| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Day 1 (% Change) | Day 2 (% Change) | 52 WEEK HIGH | 52 WEEK LOW | Last Volume | M.Cap MM ($) |
| Pernix Therapeutics Holdings | NASDAQ | PTX | 4.91 | 19.9% | 8.9% | 5.40 | 1.68 | 1,097,533 | 183.4 |
| Cel-Sci Corp | NYSE | CVM | 1.69 | 7.9% | 11.9% | 3.09 | 0.53 | 7,557,830 | 94.5 |
| Sernova Corp | TSXV | SVA | 0.29 | 10.4% | 9.4% | 0.32 | 0.09 | 137,750 | 37.6 |
Three healthcare stocks are featured as top stocks of the day based on their price performance during previous trading sessions. These stocks recorded a strong price gain momentum during the past two trading session with significant volumes.
Pernix Therapeutics Holdings (NASDAQ: PTX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the sales, marketing and development of branded and generic pharmaceutical products, gained over 31% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 9% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock gained 8.9% and closed at $4.91 with significant trading volume of 1.1 million shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, PTX gained 31.3% with 5-day average volume of 635,963 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 716,940 shares.
Cel-Sci Corp (NYSE: CVM), engaged in research and developing certain drugs and vaccines, gained over 21% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 8% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock gained 11.9% and closed at $1.69 with significant trading volume of 7.56 million shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, CVM gained 32.0% with 5-day average volume of 4.0 million shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 2.45 million shares.
Sernova Corp (TSXV: SVA), a Canada-based health sciences company focused on commercializing medical technologies, gained over 21% during its past two trading sessions gaining more than 9% in each of the two consecutive days. During its last trading session, the stock gained 9.4% and closed at C$0.29 with significant trading volume of 137,750 shares. During its past 5-trading sessions, SVA gained 5.4% with 5-day average volume of 90,262 shares compared to 1-month daily average volume of 238,899 shares.
